BRATTLEBORO — Thank you for upholding Vermont's maple syrup gold standard, Robb family!
BRATTLEBORO-Big thanks to Joyce Marcel for an excellent article/interview with Becca Balint, and big thanks...
BRATTLEBORO-As I listen to all the reports of what's happening in the Texas Legislature, I...
SAXTONS RIVER-An open letter to Gov. Phil Scott: On Aug. 10, I received an email...
GUILFORD-In the subheading referring to "the 'cruelty' of the budget bill," I understand why you...
James Arana has a simple way to describe his client base: “People who are dancing with the law, and not by choice.” As pretrial coordinator at Youth Services, Arana manages pretrial services, a voluntary program for people involved in the criminal court system. The program recognizes that many people entering the criminal justice system have underlying factors that lead to the criminal misconduct. It screens participants for substance-abuse or mental-health issues “to inform the criminal-justice system about whether alternative paths...
According to a recent Reformer story, our community hospital agreed to pay the federal and state government over $1.6 million for “knowingly” filing false claims. Among my colleagues and friends, the act of filing false claims is also known as stealing - in this case, stealing from the taxpayers. While it was stealing $1.6 million from the taxpayers of the state and country, Brattleboro Memorial Hospital was also receiving a tax exemption from the taxpayers of Brattleboro. A full exemption...
Carolann Solebello and Marc Douglas Berardo will co-headline a concert at Stage 33 Live, 33 Bridge St., on Sunday, April 7, at 7 p.m. Solebello is a performing songwriter from New York City, best known as a founding member of Americana trio Red Molly. She now tours as a solo troubadour and with modern folk foursome No Fuss and Feathers. "Her smooth, pitch-perfect voice, compelling lyrics, and warm yet accomplished acoustic guitar work nod to rural folk traditions while an...
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